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top tier square last week thousands of taking to the streets for his funeral procession in downtown cairo a journalist bill true has been following events. we've seen very heavy handed tactics from the police we see that excessive use of tear gas and you see the use of birdshot bullets should be given quite severe injuries to face the stomach pools of light i mean issues from the police and this is really not showing any sign of stopping anytime soon we still mind it clashes happening literally just behind me on tahrir square as the sit in which is called by opposition forces continue as they say they will not leave until morsy backs down from his contentious contradictory which awards sweeping power. including power over the judiciary makes all these declarations and decrease immune to appeal by anybody or by any means definitely this is unprecedented in terms of unification if the liberal leftist forces the we've seen some of the former presidential candidates like coming to bob he commented about her day coming together and she's a booming economy and to save egypt they say so we're re
top tier square last week thousands of taking to the streets for his funeral procession in downtown cairo a journalist bill true has been following events. we've seen very heavy handed tactics from the police we see that excessive use of tear gas and you see the use of birdshot bullets should be given quite severe injuries to face the stomach pools of light i mean issues from the police and this is really not showing any sign of stopping anytime soon we still mind it clashes happening literally...
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we go now to my colleague tom barton who has more from the scene we're still in the center of cairo where protesters have emerged from around the side of this building in a cycle of to and fro bucholz with stones and tear gas with the police the police just stood over there and they keep emerging and firing tear gas canisters back at the protesters the protesters all morning have been rocking cars and trying to pull the doors off smashing windows throwing stones they've also been picking up the take aspirin aides of the police and throwing them back at the police some of the stones lining a bit closer now that the police come back and this has been going on for about two days now it's back and forth bottle last night. they set fire to buildings and the police and the protesters dragging back casualties who have been with always watching and choking on the tea gas and head injuries and other injuries from the flying stones all of this set off by muhammad mercer's declaration last week he is now going to expected to make a television. a television address to the nation to try and expl
we go now to my colleague tom barton who has more from the scene we're still in the center of cairo where protesters have emerged from around the side of this building in a cycle of to and fro bucholz with stones and tear gas with the police the police just stood over there and they keep emerging and firing tear gas canisters back at the protesters the protesters all morning have been rocking cars and trying to pull the doors off smashing windows throwing stones they've also been picking up the...
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bring you a to bring her back as soon as possible and true life from cairo kyra based on this for us. all right egypt's opposition forces are ramping up pressure on president morsi to withdraw his edict which they say consolidate his powers and a middle east analyst ammar ali believes the crisis isn't. gone far. he would have to space in order to do that but i don't have a moment really it's anyone's guess because the real situation in egypt it's cause and it's very method politics is most of my. morsi. and also the judges. you want to have your own position of choice over in opposition but you've got almost all judges which which are supporting morsi some suspect of the side. i was asking all members of the supreme to treat council has condemned. by most of the. that's where on our cuts i learned a good track towards a referendum on breaking away prospects after separatist party has secured a majority in a key regional election however got to learn years president saw some of his support drift away to wible pro independence party is not his and your father is in barcelona and breaks
bring you a to bring her back as soon as possible and true life from cairo kyra based on this for us. all right egypt's opposition forces are ramping up pressure on president morsi to withdraw his edict which they say consolidate his powers and a middle east analyst ammar ali believes the crisis isn't. gone far. he would have to space in order to do that but i don't have a moment really it's anyone's guess because the real situation in egypt it's cause and it's very method politics is most of...
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interests first you have the united nations you mentioned bank you moon he has been holding talks in cairo and he is now here in his role as well the united states to the united states is not necessarily viewed positively by either the israelis or palestinians the israelis a voice felt that the u.n. takes the palestinian side and the palestinians will they side feel that the u.n. could do more so depending on who you're talking about these of the the player in the international community it comes with all the baggage and it's perceived in that context the fact that now you have these marines coming to the region again only for them in trenches the perception particularly amongst our the palestinians that the u.s. is involved for self interests that the u.s. friendship with as well is possibly a self-interest of friendship and so what you're international brokers are doing is at the end of the day motivated by self-interest ok and there are certainly times have changed you have mentioned egypt and right now there is this new egyptian leadership with a closer relationship to hamas than under
interests first you have the united nations you mentioned bank you moon he has been holding talks in cairo and he is now here in his role as well the united states to the united states is not necessarily viewed positively by either the israelis or palestinians the israelis a voice felt that the u.n. takes the palestinian side and the palestinians will they side feel that the u.n. could do more so depending on who you're talking about these of the the player in the international community it...
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with a mouse and on the other hand not annoying the united states which supplies so much funding to cairo on an annual basis the fact that you have for example the united states involved in this again not a neutral broke a very much seen as supporting israel always putting israel's interests first you have the united nations you mentioned banking moon he has been holding talks in cairo and he is now here in israel as well to the united states to the united states is not necessarily viewed positively by either the israelis or palestinians the israelis a voice felt that the u.n. takes the palestinian side and the palestinians for their side feel that the u.n. could do more so depending on who you're talking about reserve the the player in the international community it comes with all that baggage and it's perceived in that context the fact that now you have these marines coming to the region again only further entrench is the perception particularly amongst our lives and palestinians that the u.s. is involved for self interests that the u.s. friendship with as well is partly a self-interest
with a mouse and on the other hand not annoying the united states which supplies so much funding to cairo on an annual basis the fact that you have for example the united states involved in this again not a neutral broke a very much seen as supporting israel always putting israel's interests first you have the united nations you mentioned banking moon he has been holding talks in cairo and he is now here in israel as well to the united states to the united states is not necessarily viewed...
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it's also our spare time let's go back to cairo. yes yes let's not distort the facts they went out on thursday before the decree to celebrate today's protests were called off but on thursday before the decree they were celebrating and they didn't know what they were celebrating and the fact of the matter not as everybody knows were about as franklin has ignored the majority of people on the street i've been out on the street we've gone through marches in places that have been anti revolutionary and they are very upset about the muslim brotherhood and shubra people are asking are you a when are from the people this is a very dangerous sign and the president morsi should not ignore it at all and what i see right now is that he's ignoring all the different powers that tell him stop this is not what we want these are normal people we're not talking about the expo barker jeem who by the way he's using his brain and ministries to form his government. you know i very i started reading their own jurisdiction just last week that any one of t
it's also our spare time let's go back to cairo. yes yes let's not distort the facts they went out on thursday before the decree to celebrate today's protests were called off but on thursday before the decree they were celebrating and they didn't know what they were celebrating and the fact of the matter not as everybody knows were about as franklin has ignored the majority of people on the street i've been out on the street we've gone through marches in places that have been anti revolutionary...
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fresh clashes between police and protesters in cairo as violent rallies in terms of finding its president morse's decision just see so with big powers moving precisely like the revolution that brought the islamist leader to power. and we're bringing you live pictures of from cairo now crowds of protesters are gathering at tell re a square and we'll bring our correspondents shortly. before going to be i guess the ration of the way leader yasser arafat's palestinians say it's approved it was close and they'll go to the international criminal court which could become possible if the autonomy is pending before you prove your own status is granted. france's fears of home grown terrorism or reaganite amid a growing number of young locals turn into radical islam. this is auntie coming to live from moscow hello and welcome to the program egyptian security forces are firing tear gas and demonstrators on to hit square on wednesday morning as the country is going through one way its biggest antigovernment protests since their revolution two years ago tens of thousands of angry egyptians are accusing
fresh clashes between police and protesters in cairo as violent rallies in terms of finding its president morse's decision just see so with big powers moving precisely like the revolution that brought the islamist leader to power. and we're bringing you live pictures of from cairo now crowds of protesters are gathering at tell re a square and we'll bring our correspondents shortly. before going to be i guess the ration of the way leader yasser arafat's palestinians say it's approved it was...
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most in the arab world has preferred and obama victory back in two thousand and nine in his now famous cairo speech a bomb a pledge that he was going to introduce a new chapter in american muslim relations but since then there has been a lot of disappointment over the way he has dealt with issues in the arab world particularly these are the muslims he was a lot of criticisms leveled against him in his administration over the way they handled the arab spring they were accused of including double standards and inconsistency and also accused of meddling in countries such as egypt and libya and then when it comes to the so-called and noticed revolutions of bahrain for example with pro-democracy demonstrators have been taking to the streets a bomb has kept quiet and where the middle east is concerned the u.s. and the e.u. often are close allies as artie's laura smith explains the support for obama's strategy is fading on. the other side of the atlantic europe is very unwilling to commit any more troops to any more battles abroad the problems in the middle east i think of the us the us is having r
most in the arab world has preferred and obama victory back in two thousand and nine in his now famous cairo speech a bomb a pledge that he was going to introduce a new chapter in american muslim relations but since then there has been a lot of disappointment over the way he has dealt with issues in the arab world particularly these are the muslims he was a lot of criticisms leveled against him in his administration over the way they handled the arab spring they were accused of including double...
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embassy in cairo and evolved into a direct assault against the u.s. diplomatic post in the gaza and subsequently its antics there are indications that extremists participated in the violent demonstrations general petraeus this report is saying today is that is not the cia memo that's the edited cia memo that came out of the white house the first draft of that memo said the president has gambled that he could deal with these nominees by talking to them his gamble so here's the essence of what you're saying and i'm assuming fox news and all the right wing talk show hosts in the in the conservative entertain tamely complex are saying is that the president because he wants to somehow protect. his relationship to get his own if the world is willing to betray an american lie to you know he believes he can persuade the islamists and reconcile them to modernity as opposed to killing about love well i'm calling him out right or wrong i'm calling him a liar but i'm not calling him a liar for. the reasons you describe the fact of the matter is they knew that al
embassy in cairo and evolved into a direct assault against the u.s. diplomatic post in the gaza and subsequently its antics there are indications that extremists participated in the violent demonstrations general petraeus this report is saying today is that is not the cia memo that's the edited cia memo that came out of the white house the first draft of that memo said the president has gambled that he could deal with these nominees by talking to them his gamble so here's the essence of what...
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up to ten thousand ultra conservative muslims have rallied in cairo demanding the implementation of sharia law in egypt's new constitution the document is currently being drafted as a country moves away from the policies of ousted president hosni mubarak the country is divided over the issue of islamic law and then egypt sions believes such policy will be a step backwards and a threat to civil liberties. the us has denied russia's request to transfer a former businessman victor borge who was convicted for arms dealing in america to his home country to serve his prison term that apartment of justice says it doesn't want to create an undesirable prison and due to the seriousness of the crime a u.s. court sentenced two to twenty five years in jail in april for conspiring to kill american nationals and to sell weapons to colombian rebels the x. businessman denies the charges russia has been trying to get him and sent home in line with an international convention moscow believes that boots prosecution was politically motivated with foreign minister sergei lavrov saying he will do all he can to
up to ten thousand ultra conservative muslims have rallied in cairo demanding the implementation of sharia law in egypt's new constitution the document is currently being drafted as a country moves away from the policies of ousted president hosni mubarak the country is divided over the issue of islamic law and then egypt sions believes such policy will be a step backwards and a threat to civil liberties. the us has denied russia's request to transfer a former businessman victor borge who was...
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fire has been in effect for just a couple of hours now and it was announced at a news conference in cairo with secretary of state hillary clinton and the egyptian foreign minister for the past eight days israel and gaza have environ missiles and rockets back and forth resulting in nearly one hundred fifty deaths in total both sides both sides launched more than three thousand rockets or not too long before the ceasefire announcement a public bus was bombed in tel aviv reportedly injuring twenty eight people the spokesman for the israeli prime minister's office alex spoke to r.t. international earlier today. of course you insist it's simply responding israel simply responding to attacks against hamas but let's take a look at some figures more than seventy palestinians civilians killed in the past seven days whereas in israelis have died in bulk rocket attacks actually from gaza since the last major israeli operation four years ago is that your government's response disproportionate to you. it's definitely big numbers and we do and we do know as this but as a continue hiding behind civilian
fire has been in effect for just a couple of hours now and it was announced at a news conference in cairo with secretary of state hillary clinton and the egyptian foreign minister for the past eight days israel and gaza have environ missiles and rockets back and forth resulting in nearly one hundred fifty deaths in total both sides both sides launched more than three thousand rockets or not too long before the ceasefire announcement a public bus was bombed in tel aviv reportedly injuring twenty...
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protesters in cairo keeping pressure on the president to cancel his power grabbing decree clashes with police reportedly leave one protester dead. after years of uncertainty palestinians could finally find out what killed their leader yasser arafat his grave has been opened so scientists can dig for clues about whether he was poisoned. also explosive politics the former u.k. defense minister says dropping a neutron bomb could bring peace to one of the world's most troubled regions. and another default averted the. cash for greece more payouts in exchange for. on air online live from the new center here in moscow this is. international teams of medics are hoping to dispel the controversy surrounding the death of iconic palestinian leader yasser arafat eight years ago his body was so they could take tissue samples for the investigation into allegations that arafat may have been poisoned his remains of now being buried in the middle east correspondent paula has more. chouse day the body of the former palestinian leader yasser arafat was removed from it's more than where it's been for the
protesters in cairo keeping pressure on the president to cancel his power grabbing decree clashes with police reportedly leave one protester dead. after years of uncertainty palestinians could finally find out what killed their leader yasser arafat his grave has been opened so scientists can dig for clues about whether he was poisoned. also explosive politics the former u.k. defense minister says dropping a neutron bomb could bring peace to one of the world's most troubled regions. and another...
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from it at least according to a managing director of an egyptian investment firm i spoke to earlier in cairo. the only people who are going. to be of but there. are people who look in for political. and in terms of political pull and who may be investing to get it qatar has been a major player also turkey of course the u.s. and iran has reportedly been investing and the return on investment these governments are looking for exactly remains murky to someone like whole warre and multibillion dollar investment surrounding the suez canal a key strategic waterway it's right there in the case of cutter have some worried according to media reports about egypt's saw and what has been the backdrop upon which all of the unrest on the streets of egypt has been built according to some it's all about the economy it has been about the economy in the very beginning. when the fifth of john the revolution with an. economic you cannot make conditions were better. and there is one trend we have seen and many more regions than just egypt is this a common theme in fact whether it's catalonians wanting to secede
from it at least according to a managing director of an egyptian investment firm i spoke to earlier in cairo. the only people who are going. to be of but there. are people who look in for political. and in terms of political pull and who may be investing to get it qatar has been a major player also turkey of course the u.s. and iran has reportedly been investing and the return on investment these governments are looking for exactly remains murky to someone like whole warre and multibillion...
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i've come here to cairo to seek a new beginning between the united states and muslims around the world charismatic promising a new barack obama swept into office on the wake of the yes we can euphoria invoiced greed aspirations which even got him through two thousand and nine nobel peace prize we knew that change had come to egypt today the libyan people are writing a new chapter. obama personally supported the arab spring but as soon as all governments fell a new powers emerged the murder of u.s. diplomats in libya and wants spread anti american protests all over the muslim world didn't exactly show the kind of gratitude washington expected that's far as we are concerned and i'm speaking about the average person on the street including many arab nationalists now some rights left and the people of different backgrounds we stand view obama as a representative of us imperialism. with a sudden backlash in the middle east and back in washington the far east has become yet another source of irritation night i'm announcing the creation of a trade enforcement unit that will be charged with in
i've come here to cairo to seek a new beginning between the united states and muslims around the world charismatic promising a new barack obama swept into office on the wake of the yes we can euphoria invoiced greed aspirations which even got him through two thousand and nine nobel peace prize we knew that change had come to egypt today the libyan people are writing a new chapter. obama personally supported the arab spring but as soon as all governments fell a new powers emerged the murder of...
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can be hammered out later at a meeting late on monday night the israeli government decided to give cairo more time to try and reach a cease fire agreement and that is why throughout the day today choose day they will be mediation talks happening in cairo those talks are expected to be decisive at the same time however there are tens of thousands of israeli soldiers who are deployed throughout the make of desert they are both regular army soldiers as well as reservists who've been called out so the situation on the ground certainly is tense the u.n. secretary general ban ki moon will today be meeting with the israeli prime minister netanyahu and the palestinian president mahmoud abbas he has said that any kind of israeli ground offensive merely escalate the situation most israelis by and large are in support of a ground operation in gaza having said that though they ought statements that have been coming out from the israeli army that says that at least a third of the militants in gaza is short range missiles have been destroyed and that they've managed to destroy all the range rockets no
can be hammered out later at a meeting late on monday night the israeli government decided to give cairo more time to try and reach a cease fire agreement and that is why throughout the day today choose day they will be mediation talks happening in cairo those talks are expected to be decisive at the same time however there are tens of thousands of israeli soldiers who are deployed throughout the make of desert they are both regular army soldiers as well as reservists who've been called out so...
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meanwhile hamas blames israel forestalling peace talks in cairo hopes that a cease fire agreements was a matter of hours were earlier aquash by israel's demand for more time to respond to proposals or brings us the details. the chances for ceasefire are increasingly elusive it's a far cry today wednesday what we witnessed from late tuesday when we were hearing that a cease fire was imminent at that stage a key hamas spokesperson said that the announcement would be made but now what we're hearing from hamas is that israel is to blame for delaying the whole process and thus essentially says that israel has not yet responded to proposals put forward on the table television however for its side says that the draft agreement is too much tilted towards the gazans it also says it wants to see a twenty four hour lull in fighting that would give it some kind of indication as to the sincerity of the gazans to actually enforce such a cease fire now it's strange because you have all these discussions around a cease fire but on the ground you have a very different situation so at this stage it is s
meanwhile hamas blames israel forestalling peace talks in cairo hopes that a cease fire agreements was a matter of hours were earlier aquash by israel's demand for more time to respond to proposals or brings us the details. the chances for ceasefire are increasingly elusive it's a far cry today wednesday what we witnessed from late tuesday when we were hearing that a cease fire was imminent at that stage a key hamas spokesperson said that the announcement would be made but now what we're...
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true is in the thick of events in cairo and is tweeting the very latest about it she says watch towers i think set up one to the actions of protesters. to stay out. what he's tomball turn has been in cairo throughout the protests he reports no consequences of the instability. after days of around the clock protests a cleanup operation is going on here in the streets of tahrir square there's a lot of debris to be cleared up from there was stones that were being ripped up from the pavements and thrown at the police this building here the branches ripped off the trees and fires were started here by groups of largely young male protesters not representative of the overall movement but a spillover that caused a lot of violence in the streets around tougher square the police built this hastily to stop the protesters getting further down we couldn't get anywhere near here throughout the days and nights of constant protest such was the thick clouds of tear gas and the flying stones. the fires being lit in buildings many casualties on both sides being dragged away choking on the tear gas and wi
true is in the thick of events in cairo and is tweeting the very latest about it she says watch towers i think set up one to the actions of protesters. to stay out. what he's tomball turn has been in cairo throughout the protests he reports no consequences of the instability. after days of around the clock protests a cleanup operation is going on here in the streets of tahrir square there's a lot of debris to be cleared up from there was stones that were being ripped up from the pavements and...
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say it's a betrayal of the revolution's ideals which journalist bell true has the details now from cairo. the problem really stems from the constituent assembly itself many of the liberal leftists and church representatives actually walked out of the constituent assembly but they said it was bullying from the islamist factions that dominated the constitution writing body the key issues is the sharia law which many say the articles about sharia law leave opens interpretation to a very ultra orthodox interpretation and in addition the rights groups are saying that some articles are really impinging on human rights for example the practice of military trials of civilians which is condemned on the international law is actually included in the constitution which has been a point of contention for revolutionaries since january two thousand and eleven this document will go to president morsi today and we expect to see it go to referee referendum popular referendum in the next few weeks because they opposition forces have called for million man marches across egypt and also they are continuing t
say it's a betrayal of the revolution's ideals which journalist bell true has the details now from cairo. the problem really stems from the constituent assembly itself many of the liberal leftists and church representatives actually walked out of the constituent assembly but they said it was bullying from the islamist factions that dominated the constitution writing body the key issues is the sharia law which many say the articles about sharia law leave opens interpretation to a very ultra...
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and we've had to cairo is made to cool it with the country's major courts the constitutional court and the appeals court say they are going to strike of course the judges themselves are also used to on a partial strike the journey syndicates and their own so who are in strike two seeing really quite a lot of movement that from major sectors within egypt society which the president is really going to have to do with as things escalate on the streets as well fish caches do continue between protesters and the police which started early last week police have firing excessive amounts of tear gas and birdshot at dozens of protesters who are still in the streets reporting from the scene my colleague tom barton has more there in the streets or central cairo the sights the sounds the smells of protest and of civil just so it's a very loud and very clear tough race where is just over that a large crowd of protesters are ruling stones at the police who are giving just as much back picking up stones themselves and firing back along with them as vans firing gas canisters into the crowds the stench
and we've had to cairo is made to cool it with the country's major courts the constitutional court and the appeals court say they are going to strike of course the judges themselves are also used to on a partial strike the journey syndicates and their own so who are in strike two seeing really quite a lot of movement that from major sectors within egypt society which the president is really going to have to do with as things escalate on the streets as well fish caches do continue between...
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and this is allegedly because it did not want to interfere with efforts by both the arab league and cairo to try and hash out some kind of cease fire if there is no ceasefire that is agreed to by the software on wednesday we've been told that the u.n. security council will hold an open debate and that this debate will address the whole issue of what to do and what is happening here on the ground u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton is in the region she's already met with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and she's on her way to cairo where she'll meet with the egyptian president as well as the arab league foreign ministers but she certainly hasn't india herself to the gazans because already she has stated quite clearly that it is role that has the support of the united states in fact the word she used was that they give them rock solid. supports of course this is going down with the israeli public but it's been received very differently from those living in gaza. while washington's almost unflinching support for israel is raising doubts that mediating mission can upon itself wi
and this is allegedly because it did not want to interfere with efforts by both the arab league and cairo to try and hash out some kind of cease fire if there is no ceasefire that is agreed to by the software on wednesday we've been told that the u.n. security council will hold an open debate and that this debate will address the whole issue of what to do and what is happening here on the ground u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton is in the region she's already met with israeli prime...
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these air strikes as well as drones now on saturday was an emergency meeting of the arab league in cairo and during that meeting the arab league chief. accused israel of carrying out war crimes he also said that all arab states need to consider the peace treaties with israel we know that the arab league is going to be sending a delegation to gaza this morning sunday that will be headed by the arab league chief and have a number of foreign ministers in and they will be trying to assess the humanitarian situation on the ground and deal with what they say is an increasing crisis now egypt has been playing and mediate we have heard from the egyptian president mohammed morsi that he things a ceasefire will be reached and mass president stuff on and on you if the jewish state in the blockade that it's had in place on gaza as well as stops these assassinations and these stipulations were made during the meeting between and and egypt and its actions in cairo and also heard of another peace proposal put forward by to keep in which it says it to egypt the united states and russia should be involve
these air strikes as well as drones now on saturday was an emergency meeting of the arab league in cairo and during that meeting the arab league chief. accused israel of carrying out war crimes he also said that all arab states need to consider the peace treaties with israel we know that the arab league is going to be sending a delegation to gaza this morning sunday that will be headed by the arab league chief and have a number of foreign ministers in and they will be trying to assess the...
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make i mean we're looking now at the new egyptian leadership with the muslim brotherhood in power in cairo you do essentially have politicians there who have a much closer alliance to the hamas leadership in gaza but having said that though they do have a very delicate line to follow it's a balancing act that on the one hand they want to be true to their support base they want to respond to what people on the egyptian street are saying and that is to give support to hamas but on the other hand morsi and his government will not one to a made the united states so he they receive millions of dollars every year in funding from washington and so they'll want to be seen not to be too much in the hands of a must but certainly something more like a middle of middle of the road mediator it's still questionable whether or not people see them as middle of the road but certainly they are seen as the most likely mediator in this situation they have been holding talks throughout the day sunday and monday with various players banking moon the u.n. secretary general is in cairo where he has been holding t
make i mean we're looking now at the new egyptian leadership with the muslim brotherhood in power in cairo you do essentially have politicians there who have a much closer alliance to the hamas leadership in gaza but having said that though they do have a very delicate line to follow it's a balancing act that on the one hand they want to be true to their support base they want to respond to what people on the egyptian street are saying and that is to give support to hamas but on the other hand...
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while true is in the thick of events in cairo who's tweeting the very latest developments there apparently unconfirmed reports that protesters have tried to present you know you kind of. on the balance of twitter feed to stay up to date. from the egyptian the current party says that if the new constitution gets through referendum it would even further cement the islamists grip on power. if it gets a popular vote that means it's more or less the constitution that would have filled there's another critical mass that would allow for an amendment or there's no mechanism to propose an amendment to the constitution after it passes through. which means there has to be enough change within parliament and the hands of the non islamic parties so that they can propose such a change which seems to be a questionable with how the parliament of the previous parliament was consequent construed forty three percent of the muslim brotherhood and twenty seven percent of the salafist so even if a significant changes and you have a fifty fifty percent parliament. that still seems to be questionable that you wou
while true is in the thick of events in cairo who's tweeting the very latest developments there apparently unconfirmed reports that protesters have tried to present you know you kind of. on the balance of twitter feed to stay up to date. from the egyptian the current party says that if the new constitution gets through referendum it would even further cement the islamists grip on power. if it gets a popular vote that means it's more or less the constitution that would have filled there's...
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and these stipulations were made during a meeting between a masterly gets and egypt's inefficiency in cairo and also heard of another peace proposal put forward by to keep in which it says it to egypt the united states and russia should be involved in brokering teigne peace plans if it needs to be said that it's not very clear that either side really is ready for a cease fire so to say that they are ready but only if the other stops and we've really seen an attempt at sea side when the egyptian prime minister visited gaza recently and during his visit that so-called cease fire was broken both sides. breaking its suit so it doesn't seem at this stage that any kind of c.s.i. is on the plans israel has been moving its tanks as well as armored personnel vehicles up and down the israeli gaza border for several days now and this does raise the whole question of whether or not he was going to be an imminent ground operation we did see some seventy five thousand israeli was. at the same time we. really should be eating with foreign diplomats in the morning and that they will be extending the ground
and these stipulations were made during a meeting between a masterly gets and egypt's inefficiency in cairo and also heard of another peace proposal put forward by to keep in which it says it to egypt the united states and russia should be involved in brokering teigne peace plans if it needs to be said that it's not very clear that either side really is ready for a cease fire so to say that they are ready but only if the other stops and we've really seen an attempt at sea side when the egyptian...
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of egyptians calling for the islamist leader to step down journalist bill truth has the latest from cairo and we've had two kyrie's major courts with the country's major courts the constitutional court and the appeals court say they are going to strike because the judges themselves are also used to on a partial strike the journey to see the kids and their own so cool strike two seeing really quite a lot of movement that the major sectors within egypt society which the president is really going to have to do with as things escalate on the streets as well these countries do continue between protesters and the police which started early last week police have firing excessive amounts of. takeouts and by chance the dozens of protesters who are still on the streets reporting from the seeing my colleague tom barton has moved here in the streets of central cairo the sights the sounds and the smells of protest and of civil disorder are very loud and very clear tucker a square is just over there and a large crowd of protesters are fooling stones at the police who are giving just as much back pickin
of egyptians calling for the islamist leader to step down journalist bill truth has the latest from cairo and we've had two kyrie's major courts with the country's major courts the constitutional court and the appeals court say they are going to strike because the judges themselves are also used to on a partial strike the journey to see the kids and their own so cool strike two seeing really quite a lot of movement that the major sectors within egypt society which the president is really going...
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support for the hamas leadership we also see egypt playing in increasing need a pre role but of course cairo has a very delicate balance to walk with on the one hand supporting and reflecting the will of the egyptian people which is see themselves as brothers of those that live in gaza while on the other hand not annoying its international backers such as washington it certainly seems as if a ground invasion is not far off we have witnessed a flurry of activity along the israel gaza border where we have seen israel firing increasing rounds of ammunition from tanks and armored personnel vehicles that have been positioned and moved along the border over the past few days we've also heard from israeli officials who've been meeting with foreign diplomats and they say that they plan to expand their operations so this does seem to indicate that a ground offensive could be in the make. we also know that all the roads around gaza have now been sealed and again this would be another indicator that there is some kind of program on the ground that would see an invasion earlier my colleague bill dodd sp
support for the hamas leadership we also see egypt playing in increasing need a pre role but of course cairo has a very delicate balance to walk with on the one hand supporting and reflecting the will of the egyptian people which is see themselves as brothers of those that live in gaza while on the other hand not annoying its international backers such as washington it certainly seems as if a ground invasion is not far off we have witnessed a flurry of activity along the israel gaza border...
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all right thanks very much indeed for the sub daytimes bell truth from cairo. well was the growing unrest in egypt as well as protest in libya and tunisia mannie analysts are now questioning just how much change the arab spring has brought to these countries as. she counts found out there are fears that instead of a better and brighter future these nations may actually be sliding towards a grim or fate. less than two years after the gyptian people ousted hosni mubarak mohamed morsi granted himself even more power than his predecessor head to the special to create president morsi make sure that no court can challenge his decisions. that the president's power grab brought hundreds of thousands of egyptians onto the street with a shared says that their aspirations were being betrayed. unfortunately were replaced the corrupt regime of mubarak with a regime that is more strict and violent the draft version of egypt's new constitution inserts new islamic references into the country's system of government and keeps in place an article defining the principles of shari'
all right thanks very much indeed for the sub daytimes bell truth from cairo. well was the growing unrest in egypt as well as protest in libya and tunisia mannie analysts are now questioning just how much change the arab spring has brought to these countries as. she counts found out there are fears that instead of a better and brighter future these nations may actually be sliding towards a grim or fate. less than two years after the gyptian people ousted hosni mubarak mohamed morsi granted...
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to a ceasefire he says they're both amassed and israel agreed to the ceasefire that was mediated by cairo he says it will be announced at nineteen g.m.t. and then it will go into effect two hours later effectively twenty one g.m.t. this evening but we're not hearing the same from the israeli side in fact they deny this they say that no cease fire has been agreed to they say that the ball is still in play but details are still being hammered out and in fact we're even hearing from some israeli officials who have said that they first want to see a period of twenty four hours of calm before they can give the nod to any kind of truce agreement and if this is not confusing enough we are also hearing from a senior hamas official who in fact is denying that any kind of cease fire has been agreed to he says that the agreement however is close but certainly not finalized it is in the atmosphere of conflicting reports particularly for the people of gaza that the situation remains so intelligible so not clear in terms of what they should be doing throughout the day israeli warplanes have been distri
to a ceasefire he says they're both amassed and israel agreed to the ceasefire that was mediated by cairo he says it will be announced at nineteen g.m.t. and then it will go into effect two hours later effectively twenty one g.m.t. this evening but we're not hearing the same from the israeli side in fact they deny this they say that no cease fire has been agreed to they say that the ball is still in play but details are still being hammered out and in fact we're even hearing from some israeli...